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    outlines briefly how the Aboriginal people in ‘settled’ Australia were controlled. Broome discusses two ways in which Aboriginal people were controlled. This was done by firstly controlling the Aboriginal boards under legislation that imprisoned the aboriginal people on reserves and contradicted them civil rights. Secondly Broome outlines how the discrimination of Aboriginal skin colour was controlled by a customary discrimination known as the ‘caste barrier’ (Broome, 2010). People living in reserves

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    夏晨天 Student ID: 43755428 Course code: CHIN7160 Due day: 23/08/2015 The Effects of Australian Mining Boom on the Aboriginal People Started from late 1800s, Australian mining boom is an inevitable part of modern Australian history. From gold and copper to iron and gas, the several terms of mining boom made great contribution to Australian community and economy including providing source of employment, attracting immigrants and stimulating international trading. The mining boom is considered

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    Australia’s aboriginal people have faced extreme historical persecution. In 1998, Australia implemented on annual “National Sorry Day” This holiday serves as a form of recompense and it raises awareness of indigenous populations. Australia is home to various, distinct indigenous population. The Waradjuri is New South Wales and the Noongar in Western Australia. Aboriginal populations are often grouped together and reffered to as “Aborigines” however, some consider the term pejorative. Legally, the

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    Canada’s treatment to the Aboriginal people and other racial minorities is sadly something that it cannot take pride in, especially after all, Canada is commended globally as an exemplary of cultural variety and has a commendable repute for its liberal anti-racist policy. This essay will prove that today’s government should be held accountable for injustices of the past as first nations people were treated unequal for many years and other immigrants in Canada weren’t recognised and were made to be

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    Aboriginal people represent the fastest growing population in Canada. We have heard this numerous times and statistical data will confirm this fact. Canada’s Aboriginal population increased by 20.1% between 2006 and 2011, compared with 5.2% for the non-Aboriginal population (Statistics Canada, 2012). Aboriginal leaders make mention to the Indigenous population growth many times when urging the Canadian government to make changes to policies in order to address this reality. In particular the Federal

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    Thompson Rivers University English 1100 Final Assignment The Effects Power: The Healing Process for Aboriginal people Student: Lay Jaisinghani Student id: T00557462 The Effects Power: The Healing Process for Aboriginal people Introduction Power- it is an extreme word with both negative and positive sides attached to it. When it is negative, it acts like an antagonist and can hurt a lot of people, either physically, mentally or socially. Diverse societies meeting up in North America over the

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    describe the actions of which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, mostly children, were taken away from their families between the 1890’s and the 1970’s (Korff, 2014). Children were taken to institutions or adopted by non-Indigenous families and most never saw their families again. In the early 1900’s the Australian public was persuaded into believing Aboriginal children were deprived, mistreated and at risk in their own communities. People believed that Aboriginal children would receive a better

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    Aboriginal Self-Government Aboriginals have lived various types of lives and in attempt to improve the lives of Canada’s Aboriginal people formed the Aboriginal self-government. Since the formation, the self-government has accomplished some things that have both positively and negatively impacted Aboriginal people. On the most part, the Aboriginal self-government has improved the lives of Canada’s Aboriginal people significantly. Not only has it improved the lives of Aboriginals, but has also supported

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    There was no official policy on Aboriginal people enlisting, but when WWI began, they were not expected and were discouraged from signing up. Only a few Aboriginal soldiers were accepted and most were rejected. As time passed, more soldiers were required due to the high rate of casualties, and only then did the government consider new policies concerning the recruitment of Aboriginal people. In the year 1915, government and military officials allowed Aboriginal recruitment. Enlistment: There

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    defines the stolen generation as: “The Aboriginal people forcibly removed from their families as children between the 1900s and the 1960s, to be brought up by white foster families or in institutions.” But what the oxford definition cannot tell us is the horrible impacts of the stolen generation on the stolen children, their families, the Aboriginal culture and Australia as a Nation. The stolen generation was caused by European Australians belief that Aboriginal people were inferior to them, a belief stemming

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